Math Games for Middle School: Challenges and Skill-Builders for Students at Every Level - Softcover

Salvadori, Mario; Wright, Joseph P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556522886 ISBN 13: 9781556522888

Publisher: A Cappella Books, 1998

Synopsis

From addition and subtraction to plane and space geometry, simultaneous linear equations, and probability, this book explains middle school math with problems that kids want to solve: "Seventy-five employees of a company buy a lotto ticket together and win $22.5 million. How much does each employee get?" Intriguing facts about the history of math show what a human creation it is, and human errors are revealed through explorations of both Maya and Hindu concepts of zero as well as Mr. William Shanks' 1858 attempt at hand-calculating pi.

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Review:

"Outstanding resource invites youngsters to sharpen their math skills and learn new ways to solve a variety of math problems." --Children's Literature

Synopsis:

From addition and subtraction to plane and space geometry, graphing, simultaneous linear equations, and probability, this book explains middle-school math with problems that kids want to solve: seventy-five employees of a company buy a lotto ticket together and win $22.5 million. How much does each employee get? Intriguing facts about the history of math show what a human creation it is: both the Maya and the Hindus of India invented the concept of zero, but the Maya did it first by 400 years; in 1858, Mr. William Shanks, a British mathematician, hand-calculated pi to 707 decimal digits and had them inscribed on his tombstone! Alas, the last 200 or so were wrong.

About this edition

• Publisher: A Cappella Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1556522886
• ISBN 13: 9781556522888
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184